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Judith Schachner

Skippyjon Jones By: Lindsay Sovart

+Judith Schachner Biography

n  Born on August 20th 1951

n  2004 awards for Skippyjon Jones. The book won the first annual E.B. White Read Aloud Award given by The Association of Booksellers for Children

n  Author and Illustrator

n  Inspired by her Siamese cat Skippy

n  Lives in a constant state of third grade bliss

+Skippyjon Jones Books

with Audio Tape

+Skippyjon Jones Concept Books

+Skippyjon Jones Board Books

+ Skippyjon Jones Class Action

Schachner, J. (2011). Skippyjon Jones Class Action: New York, New York: Scholastics Books.

All Skippyjon Jones wants is to go to school, but school is for the dogs. Skippyjon get in his cape and mask and into his closet he goes. Skippyjon Jones becomes Skippito Friskito and meets his friends Los Chimichangoa. He and his friends travel down the halls trying to escape the bully. Skippito Friskito saves the day when he finds that the bully is just a hungry little Chihuahua. When the teacher in charge smells a cat Skippito Friskito runs for his life out of his closet and into the arms of him mamma.

+Skippyjon Jones Takes a Dive

Schachner, J. (2009). Skippyjon Jones Takes a Dive: New York, New York: Grosset & Dunlap.

This storybook puzzle is a board book that provides younger readers with a short adventure of Skippyjon. Skippyjon takes a dive in his fish tank to find his mothers a pearl. Readers are able to use their imagination and see that Skippyjon really bring him mother a baseball from him room.

+Skippyjon Jones in

The Dog House

Schachner, J. (2005). Skippyjon Jones in the Dog House: New York, New York: Scholastic Books.

Skippyjon Jones get into trouble with him mother, Mama Junebug Jones. Skippyjon is sent to his room to think more like a Siamese cat rather than a Chihuahua. As Skippyjon thinks his dog like adventures take him to Dig Inn where he becomes Skippito Friskito. Skippito Friskito meets up with his old friend, Los Chimichangos where they get sent on an adventure in a giant burrito. When Skippyjon’s sisters go to check on him his is wrapped up in his blanket like a burrito talking to bobble head dolls and thinking like a Siamese cat.

+Skippjon Jones Website

+Skippyjon Jones Curriculum

Connections

+References

n  ImSkippyjonJones (Poster). Skippyjon Jones in The Dog House (2009, May 28). Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=3KvQJkt53zs&feature=youtu.be

n  Kinciad, S. (2011, Aug 7). Skippyjon Jones Class Action. Retrieved from http://mrskincaid.blogspot.com/2011/08/skippyjon-jones-class- action.htm

n  Rabb, J., Schachner, J. (2011). Skipyjon Jones. Retrieved from http://www.skippyjonjones.com/

n  Schachner, J. Curriculum Connections Teaching Suggestions and Classroom Activities: Retreived from http:// www.teachervision.fen.com/tv/printables/penguin/tl- guide- skippyjon-jones.pdf.

n  Schachner, J. Judith Byron Schachner, Author/Illustrator. Retrieved from http://www.judithbyronschachner.com/bio.html